After this morning, when official numbers came out from Warner Bros., we thought the book was closed on Man of Steel‘s record-breaking opening weekend. Final receipts have now been counted, though, and according to Deadline, the film made slightly more than expected this weekend–enough to push its worldwide cumulative box...
There was a lot to absorb during Man of Steel, and we’ll be the first to admit that not every line and shot stuck with us as we exited the theater trying to process it all. Here’s one that occurred to me in the theater, but which flitted away again...
When SFX asked producer Deborah Snyder what the most bizarre rumor she had heard about Man Of Steel was, she specifically called out the rumor that suggested Jimmy Olsen was going to be a woman in Man Of Steel. Deborah Snyder said, “Or that, we have a character, an intern...
Today, Iron Man 3 will become the first film of 2013 to cross $400 million at the U.S. box office. Iron Man 3 finished Father’s Day weekend with $399.6 million at the U.S. box office, and the film has been averaging over $600K per day on weekdays. In crossing the...
Yesterday, Reuters reported on the amazing success of Man Of Steel, which set a record for highest grossing opening weekend box office for the month of June. They also recognized director Christopher Nolan, pointing out that he scored hits with The Dark Knight and Inception as well. Of course, Christopher...
In what can be interpreted as a sign that studios aren’t going out on a limb even for established properties these days, Mark Millar tweeted yesterday that the planned Kick-Ass 3 film adaptation–based on the just-started comic book miniseries of the same name–will not go forward unless Kick-Ass 2 is...
Superman is back in a big, bad way. Even with the official Warner Bros. estimates coming in at a little below the numbers that exhibitors have been calling out all weekend long, the film will have broken the record for the biggest opening weekend ever in June, in addition to...
Could Warner Bros. really be planning an Aquaman movie? The closest comic book fans have come to an Aquaman movie in the past is the fake James Cameron-directed Aquaman movie that was a running joke on the HBO show Entourage. However, recent reports have surfaced that a real Aquaman movie...
Shortly after the release of Man of Steel this weekend, ComicBook.com ran a story in which we pointed out that screenwriter David S. Goyer had traded quite aggressively in the idea of Superman as a global force for good in a story he wrote for Action Comics #900, but backed...
It has been widely reported that Warner Bros. is fast tracking the Man Of Steel sequel. We had even heard from sources that Warner Bros. might try to rush Man Of Steel 2 out by sometime in 2014. We were leery of this information, because we just didn’t see how...
We’ve heard that Warner Bros., on the heels of a successful box office for Man of Steel, is considering Wonder Woman and the Justice League as the next films in the DC Cinematic Universe (which is a phrase we’ll actually be able to use in probably a month, when the...
Let me preface this by saying that Mark Waid is a grown man who can take care of himself, and a good deal more influential than I am, so there’s really no need for me to defend his right to his opinion. That said, Man of Steel has proven to...
As part of a discussion on his Facebook page about Man of Steel (That’s being charitable: The question posed was whether fans would rather “release the Kraken or the World Engine”), DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio heaped praise on Man of Steel’s Amy Adams, saying that in his opinion she...
This weekend’s massive $125 million-plus domestic and $150 million-plus worldwide opening weekend at the box office beat any expectations the studio may have had for the film’s success, a studio executive told Deadline, which seems to solidify fan impressions that this weekend will mean a sequel for the Zack Snyder-directed...
Before the Man Of Steel was released, one of the big rumors that circled the Internet was that the late Christopher Reeve would have a cameo in Man Of Steel through the wonders of CGI. The origin of the rumor seemed to be a report that a classic Superman movie...
